Sometime it seems that the more we do, the more that needs to be done. We are still getting background stuff done before we can move onto the stuff that will really make this house come alive.
The patio needs stabilizing to help hold back nature. LOL. The plan was to dig up the dirt, create footings for the patio wall, improve the house footing where it meets the patio. Then its on to building the wall and pouring the cement for the patio.
Well – – – it turns out there was a brick patio under the dirt. Really cool, but it wasn’t worth saving. So, rather than pull it all out, lay out sand and gravel etc then pour the concrete, our masons suggested (and we went for it) to clean up the bricks then use them for the base of the new concrete patio. The bricks were solid but not very pretty so here we go.